So, I've talked a few times about geekdom and its self-conception and why that makes for some problematic behaviors. A few final thoughts.
i RTed your thread the other day and it's good and insightful, but i gotta say something here
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when ppl who've been violently physically abused on a daily basis hear you tell 'em they don't have any real problems
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it's really difficult to overstate how alienating that is
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I think you need to reread. No one's saying bullied geeks don't have problems.
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I'm decrying the tendency of male geeks to be like, "I was bullied, so I understand what it's like to be a woman."
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Or white geeks to be like, "I was bullied, so I understand what it's like to be black."
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And to equate the experience of having been bullied as a kid to massive, structural, society-wide disadvantage.
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They are not the same. They both suck, but they're not the same and they don't affect people the same way.
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Moreover, female geeks, geeks of color, etc. experience BOTH. White male geeks don't.
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